Famous quotes containing the word asked:
“If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.”
—Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962)
“I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.”
—Aleister Crowley (1875–1947)
“I asked the master Yeats
Whose great style could not tell
Why it is man hates
His own salvation,
Prefers the way to hell....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)